Napalm Death haben alle Songs für das neue Album "Smear Campaign" im Kasten, welches die britischen Grindcore-Pioniere am 18. September über Century Media auf die Welt loslassen wollen.
Der Nachfolger zu "The Code Is Red…Long Live the Code" wurde in den Foel Studios in Wales eingespielt und enthält wie schon sein Vorgänger einen kleinen Gastauftritt. Diesmal sang The Gathering-Frontfrau Anneke van Giersbergen ein Stück ein.

Fronter Barney Greenway äußerte sich dazu genauer:
"It was very cool that Anneke from The Gathering offered to sing on the album. It's really funny, because we never would have thought about having guest vocals before the 'The Code...' but every vocalist worked well with the song they contributed to. Anneke's style is clearly very different to that of, for example, Jello Biafra but what she does totally enhances the experience. It sounds pretty spooky.

Lyrics: I guess people know about the album title now but to give a brief explanation the general thread is actually a question asking why exactly we need religion to give us a basis on how to run our lives. Can we not be trusted as human beings to make our own decisions? This applies in my eyes to everything from Christianity to Paganism to Satanism. Surely the world would be more peaceful without religious restrictions and all this false morality!"


Auf folgende Songs dürfen wir uns freuen:

01. Weltschmerz (1:28)
02. Sink Fast, Let Go (3:23)
03. Fatalist (2:51)
04. Puritanical Punishment Beating (3:26)
05. Well All Is Said and Done (3:01)
06. Freedom Is the Wage of Sin (3:09)
07. In Deference (3:14)
08. Short Lived (3:06)
09. Identity Crisis (2:44)
10. Shattered Existence (3:11)
11. Eyes Right Out (3:12)
12. Warped Beyond Logic (2:00)
13. Rabid Wolves (For Christ) (1:24)
14. Deaf and Dumbstruck (2:46)
15. Persona Nongrata (2:47)
16. Smear Campaign (3:20)